Building an Ocean Profile-Plankton Database:
Progress Since the "International Workshop on Oceanographic Biological and Chemical Data Management"Ocean Biodiversity Informatics: International Conference on Marine Biodiversity Data Management
Hamburg, Germany: 30 November 2004
Sydney Levitus, Bob GelfeldWorld Data Center for Oceanography- Silver Spring
REASONS FOR BUILDING GLOBAL, HISTORICAL IN SITU OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA BASES
The international scientific community advises national and international bodies on such issues as climate change (i.e. IPCC), biodiversity,...
Historical data are required to support such studies.
The international scientific community must have access to the most complete oceanographic data bases possible.
These data bases must be accessible in electronic form and available internationally without restriction.
b) Ocean measurement programs are expensive. Scientists planning such programs should have access to all available data in order to make the most efficient use of scarce scientific resources such as ships.
c)Pollutants flow across boundaries. The international community should have access to all historical data for pollution transport studies. This is particularly important for studies of the coastal environment. Natural variability versus anthropogenically induced changes.
d) To develop and improve long-range weather forecasts. Statistical forecasting and hind casting studies require historical ocean data.
The Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR) ProjectEstablished in 1993 by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.
"Data Archaeology":
the process of seeking out, restoring, evaluating, correcting, and interpreting historical data sets;
"Data Rescue":
the effort to save data at risk of being lost to the science community by digitizing manuscript data and copying data on older, failing electronic media, and then archiving these data into an internationally available electronic database.
GODAR Results Data added to NODC/WDC archives since 1994:
3.0 million temperature profiles
140,000 Chlorophyll profiles
142,200 plankton taxa
Six Regional Workshops (1993-1997) International Review Conference (July 10-13, 1999) Silver Spring, MD - hosted 75 representatives from 25 countries Recognized success of GODAR Project and established World Ocean Database Encouraged expansion into rescue of sea level and other datasets
What are the problems associated with building World Ocean Database?acquisition and preparation of data, metadata, documentation.
missing or incorrect documentation (metadata)
labor intensive
received multiple times from different groups
near duplicates
World Ocean Database 2001Global, comprehensive, integrated, scientifically quality-controlled with all data in one well-documented format.
Available on-line: (www.nodc.noaa.gov) and via CD-ROM.
Why is WOD01 characterized as a heterogeneous database?
Data from 55,897 cruises;Data from 3057 ships and other platforms;Data from 489 institutes;Data from 112 countries.
NODC/WDC/OCL staff supporting WOD01 developmentJohn Antonov Bob Gelfeld Olga Baranova Daphne JohnsonTim Boyer Ricardo Locarnini Margarita Conkright Todd OBrien Carla Forgy Igor Smolyar Hernan Garcia Cathy Stephens
World-wide support from many scientists, institutes,and countries.
World Ocean Database 2001(WOD01)
PROBE (Instrument Type)WOD98ADDEDTOTALBottle (OSD)1,373,440746,6022,121,042Mechanical Bathythermograph (MBT)2,077,200299,0062,376,206Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT)1,537,203206,3891,743,592High Resolution Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (HCTD)189,555122,789312,344Profiling Float (e.g., PALACE, SOLO, APEX)022,63722,637Moored Buoy (e.g. TAO, PIRATA, TRITON)114,634182,762297,936Drifting Buoy050,54950,549Towed Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (UOR)037,65137,631Autonomous Pinniped Bathythermograph (APBT)075,66575,665Total Casts/Profiles5,292,0321,773,3837,037,062Total Surface-Only Observations159,7941,650,8521,810,646
Contributors to WOD01Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commissions (IOC):Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue project (GODAR), World Ocean Database (WOD) project,Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Project (GTSPP), World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), Joint Global Ocean Flux Studies (JGOFS), Ocean Margin Experiment (OMEX), Intergovernmental Program on Climate Change (IPCC),World Climate Research programs CLIVAR program (WCRP).
Utility of NODC/WDC profile-plankton data as indicated by citations in the scientific literature**Based on a search of the ISI Scientific Citation Index as of March 2004
Chart7
700
2000
2600
3400
4800
4300
5300
6100
10100
8600
12000
15910
20640
213290
188750
1631250
1901932
1652269
14222630
12028370
14423859
Total Number of Citations = 3,859
Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean (1982)
World Ocean Atlas 1994
World Ocean Database 1998 + World Ocean Atlas 1998
Year
# Citations
Utility of NODC Profile-Plankton Data Based on Scientific Citations
Sheet1
YearWorld Ocean Database 1998 + World Ocean Atlas 1998Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean (1982)World Ocean Atlas 1994World Ocean Database 2001 + WOA01
WOA98World Ocean
1983070
19840200
19850260
19860340
19870480
19880430
19890530
19900610
199101010
19920860
199301200
199401591
199502064
1996021329
1997018875
19980163125
19992190193
20009165226
200130142226
200270120283
200359144238
2004
Totals170228914003859
Sheet1
Total Number of Citations = 3,859
Climatological Atlas of the World Ocean (1982)
World Ocean Atlas 1994
World Ocean Database 1998 + World Ocean Atlas 1998
Year
# Citations
Utility of NODC Profile-Plankton Data Based on Scientific Citations
Sheet2
WOA94vol. 1vol. 2vol. 3vol.4vol. 5
199400001
199500211
1996216182
19976525354
199810846565
199913771948
20001912741138
2001128791225
20022471001475
2003213191
2004
subtotals884841660540
WOD98vol. 1vol. 2vol. 3vol.4vol. 5
1994000000
1995000000
1996000000
1997000000
1998000000
1999000011
2000200114
200111224221
200219224633
2003100001
2004
subtotals334491060
WOA98vol. 1vol. 2vol. 3vol.4vol. 5vol .6vol. 7vol. 8vol. 9vol. 10vol. 11
1994000000
1995000000
1996000000
1997000000
1998000000
1999000011
2000110215
2001210429
2002107436321137
20030100010013
2004
subtotals1310491042120055
WOD98+WOA98
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19992
20009
200130
200270
20034
2004
Sheet3
WOD01 on-line (Web accessible)
The World Ocean Database retrieval system (WODselect) allows the user to select criteria and search for data in the World Ocean Database 2001 (WOD01). The stations matching the user's search criteria are then extracted and made available (via FTP) in WOD01 native data format. USER SEARCH CRITERIA:Geographic Area, Observation Dates, Instrument Type (e.g., OSD, CTD, XBT), Parameters, Deepest Measurement, Country, Ship/Platform, Project, Institute, Data exclusion using OCL quality control flags
url: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/SELECT/dbsearch/dbsearch.html
OSD cast data acquired through the GODAR Project for 1900-1991 compared to NODC archive holdings as of 1991
Chart8B CTD
00
00
143690
508219
1957488
66493
457515
16061557
30991884
41832939
21274469
30724811
37964261
50914668
40265238
33515195
61455541
39614703
41476609
45296976
40137252
35789091
285013732
186111401
56913283
2315690
NODC (1991): 66,451 casts
GODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 145,167 casts
Year
Number of Casts
CTD/STD cast data acquired through the GODAR Project for 1965-1991 compared to NODC archive holding as of 1991
Chart7B OSD
171770
180873
356807
878947
1169793
13111033
151790
1172919
1009299
1283999
9811313
16282034
11261406
11361544
1257833
345348
128278
108527
66648
483458
1353416
1740529
1932376
22551086
21522124
27501354
29931789
30401470
31821990
34181972
36201596
30962475
41724003
63182485
78412163
80573340
56945584
84653159
105283059
120942996
58263730
48153542
32501836
28622311
21442026
17071339
31452741
43123549
71153956
91183994
118963101
152324814
135495745
114896625
112006684
130304776
145954080
168375680
180146485
159966815
175367083
202105596
195956299
269269572
2201421686
2360320845
2559318674
2976514749
2866416233
3049721941
2215424265
2960421757
2341533034
1862934695
1830128284
1224430979
1136532829
964533038
1125033479
1252837902
1471428934
1071132650
961331286
922733673
885337848
661546004
710342008
506340647
132141526
1844756
045685
NODC (1991): 783,912 casts
GODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 1,050,509 casts
Year
Number of Casts
Chart9B XBT
873874
40055385
1379212879
1520319116
2018324228
2353934066
2546227677
3993814980
4381711033
449439154
407227546
4344110737
433569392
447857881
3608115982
3611514764
3551217741
2992523559
3112422945
3287734381
3276440191
2756842382
2023639415
1271729458
537070816
NODC (1991): 704,348 profiles
GODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 610,345 profiles
Year
Number of Profiles
XBT temperature profiles acquired through the GODAR Project for 1966-1991 compared toNODC archive holdings as of 1991
Chart9C MBT
9839171
1746840
581411953
1350023402
1449826629
256021263
598922837
402526309
636329695
1483535529
1380636490
2026541086
2495334399
2710925857
3237513185
3552814538
4665913921
5542714732
5512310403
5699315374
6226214747
6834417215
6914522417
6946319710
6934427933
7618530799
5019044131
3892536535
2956331233
2362121297
1800222972
1625127307
1460419508
1632418809
707120375
1251521049
1122222992
1046725283
908730608
1623514893
1250414167
1286810836
1218513039
1332126508
1285322763
1170132777
1205528649
568429193
66120562
2418679
NODC (1991): 1,219,655 profiles
GODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 1,148,947 profiles
Year
Number of Profiles
MBT temperature profiles acquired through the GODAR Project for 1941-1991 compared to NODC archive holdings as of 1991
NODC-OCL CTD
NODC (1991): 66,451 castsGODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 145,167 casts% increaseOCL
196500100.000
196600100.000
19671436906.271526
196850821943.11727
1969195748824.942445
197066493746.97559
1971457515112.69972
19721606155796.953163
19733099188460.794983
19744183293970.267122
197521274469210.116596
197630724811156.617883
197737964261112.258057
19785091466891.699759
197940265238130.109264
198033515195155.038546
19816145554190.1711686
198239614703118.738664
198341476609159.3710756
198445296976154.0311505
198540137252180.7111265
198635789091254.0812669
1987285013732481.8216582
1988186111401612.6313262
1989569132832334.4513852
1990231569068217.3915713
1991014062100.0014062
Total (1965 to 1991)66451145167
1992017142100.0017142
1993018069100.0018069
1994014737100.0014737
1995013743100.0013743
199609054100.009054
1997010897100.0010897
199808931100.008931
199906457100.006457
20000340100.00340
2001026100.0026
2002000.000
NODC-OCL OSD
NODC (1991): 783,912 castsGODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 1,050,509 casts% increaseOCLNB: To see pre 1900 OSD data, see sheet yearcount.OSD
1900171770450.29941450.2923976608NB: The colum WOD01 is OCL data minus NODC data
1901180873485.001053
1902356807226.691163
1903878947107.861825
1904116979367.841962
19051311103378.792344
19061517905.931607
1907117291978.412091
1908100929929.631308
1909128399977.862282
19109811313133.842294
191116282034124.943662
191211261406124.872532
191311361544135.922680
1914125783366.272090
1915345348100.87693
1916128278217.19406
1917108527487.96635
191866648981.82714
191948345894.82941
1920135341630.751769
1921174052930.402269
1922193237619.462308
19232255108648.163341
19242152212498.704276
19252750135449.244104
19262993178959.774782
19273040147048.364510
19283182199062.545172
19293418197257.695390
19303620159644.095216
19313096247579.945571
19324172400395.958175
19336318248539.338803
19347841216327.5910004
19358057334041.4511397
19365694558498.0711278
19378465315937.3211624
193810528305929.0613587
193912094299624.7715090
19405826373064.029556
19414815354273.568357
19423250183656.495086
19432862231180.755173
19442144202694.504170
19451707133978.443046
19463145274187.155886
19474312354982.317861
19487115395655.6011071
19499118399443.8013112
195011896310126.0714997
195115232481431.6020046
195213549574542.4019294
195311489662557.6618114
195411200668459.6817884
195513030477636.6517806
195614595408027.9518675
195716837568033.7422517
195818014648536.0024499
195915996681542.6022811
196017536708340.3924619
196120210559627.6925806
196219595629932.1525894
196326926957235.5536498
1964220142168698.5143700
1965236032084588.3244448
1966255931867472.9744267
1967297651474949.5544514
1968286641623356.6344897
1969304972194171.9452438
19702215424265109.5346419
1971296042175773.4951361
19722341533034141.0856449
19731862934695186.2453324
19741830128284154.5546585
19751224430979253.0143223
19761136532829288.8644194
1977964533038342.5442683
19781125033479297.5944729
19791252837902302.5450430
19801471428934196.6443648
19811071132650304.8343361
1982961331286325.4640899
1983922733673364.9442900
1984885337848427.5246701
1985661546004695.4552619
1986710342008591.4149111
1987506340647802.8245710
19881321415263143.5342847
19891844756248644.4444774
19900456850.0045685
19910278380.0027838
Total (1900 to 1991)7839121050509
19920258750.0025875
19930255270.0025527
19940123080.0012308
19950117870.0011787
1996089390.008939
1997075960.007596
1998055830.005583
1999039300.003930
2000039210.003921
2001012830.001283
2002000.000
2003000.000
2004000.000
2005000.000
NODC-OCL XBT
NODC (1991): 704,348 profilesGODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 610,345 profilesOCL
19668738741747
1967400553859390
1968137921287926671
1969152031911634319
1970201832422844411
1971235393406657605
1972254622767753139
1973399381498054918
1974438171103354850
197544943915454097
197640722754648268
1977434411073754178
197843356939252748
197944785788152666
1980360811598252063
1981361151476450879
1982355121774153253
1983299252355953484 300m were added to this count
1984311242294554069 300m were added to this count
1985328773438167258
1986327644019172955
1987275684238269950
1988202363941559651
1989127172945842175
199053707081676186
199106376363763
Total (1966 to 1991)704348610345
199205755157551
199306125761257
199405281152811
199506288262882
199604843848438
199704181041810
199803443234432
199903644936449
200002398823988
2001093199319
1952022
1953000
1954055
1955000
1956000
1957000
1958000
1959000
1960044
196101616
196201515
196306363
196404747
1965765818
NODC-OCL MBT
NMBTOCLNSBTNODC (1991): 1,219,655 profilesGODAR as of WOD01 (2001): 1,148,947 profilesNB: Column H is NMBT+NSBT ; Column I is OCL-(NMBT+NSBT)
19030119030
19040019040
190501419050
190601119060
190701019070
190806019080
190904419090
191004419100
191108819110
191203519120
191304819130
19140219140
19150119150
19160019160
19170119170
19180019180
19190019190
19200019200
19210019210
19220019220
19230119230
19240119240
192501319250
19260419260
19270319270
19280119280
19290419290
19300019300
19310819310
193201519320
193302319330
193402019340
193503919350
193603519360
193709619370
1938011919380
1939010419390
194006019400
1941983101541941019419839171
194217470141942019421746840
1943581417767194301943581411953
194413500369021944019441350023402
194514498411271945019451449826629
1946256023823194601946256021263
1947598928826194701947598922837
1948402530334194801948402526309
1949636336058194901949636329695
195014835503641950019501483535529
195113806502961951019511380636490
195220265613511952019522026541086
195324953593521953019532495334399
195427109529661954019542710925857
19553198645560195538919553237513185
195634241500661956128719563552814538
195744561605801957209819574665913921
195853049701591958237819585542714732
195952915655261959220819595512310403
196054526723671960246719605699315374
196159331770091961293119616226214747
196265464855591962288019626834417215
196365998915621963314719636914522417
196465919891731964354419646946319710
196565438972771965390619656934427933
1966721671069841966401819667618530799
196746351943211967383919675019044131
196834112754601968481319683892536535
196924330607961969523319692956331233
197017285449181970633619702362121297
197111401409741971660119711800222972
19729068435581972718319721625127307
19736937341121973766719731460419508
19747573351331974875119741632418809
197589127446197561801975707120375
19764833356419761203219761251521049
19771873421419771103519771122222992
1978643575019781040319781046725283
19794239695197990451979908730608
19801013112819801613419801623514893
1981632667119811244119811250414167
1982772370419821279119821286810836
1983992522419831208619831218513039 300m were subtracted
19842623982919841305919841332126508 300m were subtracted
19852413561619851261219851285322763
19862614447819861144019861170132777
198704070419871205519871205528649
19888034877198856041988568429193
19890212231989661198966120562
199001870319902419902418679
199108348199108348
Total (1941-1991)12196551148947
199203832199203832
199303676199303676
19940811994081
19950101995010
199600199600
199700199700
199800199800
199905199905
190301
190400
1905014
1906011
1907010
1908060
1909044
1910044
1911088
1912035
1913048
191402
191501
191600
191701
191800
191900
192000
192100
192200
192301
192401
1925013
192604
192703
192801
192904
193000
193108
1932015
1933023
1934020
1935039
1936035
1937096
19380119
19390104
1940060
yearcount.NCTD
NODC
YEARPROFILE
19650
19660
19671436
1968508
19691957
197066
1971457
19721606
19733099
19744183
19752127
19763072
19773796
19785091
19794026
19803351
19816145
19823961
19834147
19844529
19854013
19863578
19872850
19881861
1989569
199023
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
yearcount.HCTD
OCL
YEARPROFILE
19600
19611
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19671526
1968727
19692445
1970559
1971972
19723163
19734983
19747122
19756596
19767883
19778057
19789759
19799264
19808546
198111686
19828664
198310756
198411505
198511265
198612669
198716582
198813262
198913852
199015713
199114062
199217142
199318069
199414737
199513743
19969054
199710897
19988931
19996457
2000340
200126
yearcount.NOSD
NODC
YEARPROFILES
1900171
1901180
1902356
1903878
19041169
19051311
19061517
19071172
19081009
19091283
1910981
19111628
19121126
19131136
19141257
1915345
1916128
1917108
191866
1919483
19201353
19211740
19221932
19232255
19242152
19252750
19262993
19273040
19283182
19293418
19303620
19313096
19324172
19336318
19347841
19358057
19365694
19378465
193810528
193912094
19405826
19414815
19423250
19432862
19442144
19451707
19463145
19474312
19487115
19499118
195011896
195115232
195213549
195311489
195411200
195513030
195614595
195716837
195818014
195915996
196017536
196120210
196219595
196326926
196422014
196523603
196625593
196729765
196828664
196930497
197022154
197129604
197223415
197318629
197418301
197512244
197611365
19779645
197811250
197912528
198014714
198110711
19829613
19839227
19848853
19856615
19867103
19875063
19881321
198918
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
yearcount.OSD
OCL
YEARPROFILE
17722
17731
17740
17750
17760
17770
17780
17790
17800
17810
17820
17830
17840
17850
17860
17870
17880
17890
17900
17910
17920
17930
17940
17950
17960
17970
17980
17990
18000
18010
18020
18030
180410
18051
18060
18070
18080
18090
18100
18110
18120
18130
18140
18150
18165
181727
18183
18190
18202
18210
18220
18230
18242
182510
182618
182730
182813
18290
18300
18310
18320
18330
18340
18350
18368
183717
183811
183915
18409
184121
18428
18430
18440
18450
18463
184728
18480
18491
18503
18511
18520
18530
18540
18554
18560
18576
185823
18595
18600
18610
1862299
18630
18641798
1865352
18661494
186778
1868791
1869557
1870727
18710
18720
187329
1874131
187585
1876500
1877383
187825
187917
188049
18812
18821
18836
18841
18850
188617
188727
1888128
1889224
189061
189192
189290
1893178
1894184
189541
189646
189718
1898441
1899841
1900941
19011053
19021163
19031825
19041962
19052344
19061607
19072091
19081308
19092282
19102294
19113662
19122532
19132680
19142090
1915693
1916406
1917635
1918714
1919941
19201769
19212269
19222308
19233341
19244276
19254104
19264782
19274510
19285172
19295390
19305216
19315571
19328175
19338803
193410004
193511397
193611278
193711624
193813587
193915090
19409556
19418357
19425086
19435173
19444170
19453046
19465886
19477861
194811071
194913112
195014997
195120046
195219294
195318114
195417884
195517806
195618675
195722517
195824499
195922811
196024619
196125806
196225894
196336498
196443700
196544448
196644267
196744514
196844897
196952438
197046419
197151361
197256449
197353324
197446585
197543223
197644194
197742683
197844729
197950430
198043648
198143361
198240899
198342900
198446701
198552619
198649111
198745710
198842847
198944774
199045685
199127838
199225875
199325527
199412308
199511787
19968939
19977596
19985583
19993930
20003921
20011283
20020
yearcount.XBT
OCL
19522
19530
19545
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19604
196116
196215
196363
196447
196518
19661747
19679390
196826671
196934319
197044411
197157605
197253139
197354918
197454850
197554097
197648268
197754178
197852748
197952666
198052063
198150879
198253253
198353464
198454051
198567258
198672955
198769950
198859651
198942175
199076186
199163763
199257551
199361257
199452811
199562882
199648438
199741810
199834432
199936449
200023988
20019319
yearcount.NXBT
196576
1966873
19674005
196813792
196915203
197020183
197123539
197225462
197339938
197443817
197544943
197640722
197743441
197843356
197944785
198036081
198136115
198235512
198329925
198431124
198532877
198632764
198727568
198820236
198912717
19905370
yearcount.MBT
OCL
19031
19040
190514
190611
190710
190860
190944
191044
191188
191235
191348
19142
19151
19160
19171
19180
19190
19200
19210
19220
19231
19241
192513
19264
19273
19281
19294
19300
19318
193215
193323
193420
193539
193635
193796
1938119
1939104
194060
194110154
19427014
194317767
194436902
194541127
194623823
194728826
194830334
194936058
195050364
195150296
195261351
195359352
195452966
195545560
195650066
195760580
195870159
195965526
196072367
196177009
196285559
196391562
196489173
196597277
1966106984
196794321
196875460
196960796
197044918
197140974
197243558
197334112
197435133
197527446
197633564
197734214
197835750
197939695
198031128
198126671
198223704
198325224
198439829
198535616
198644478
198740704
198834877
198921223
199018703
19918348
19923832
19933676
199481
199510
19960
19970
19980
19995
yearcount.NMBT
NODC
1941983
1942174
19435814
194413500
194514498
19462560
19475989
19484025
19496363
195014835
195113806
195220265
195324953
195427109
195531986
195634241
195744561
195853049
195952915
196054526
196159331
196265464
196365998
196465919
196565438
196672167
196746351
196834112
196924330
197017285
197111401
19729068
19736937
19747573
1975891
1976483
1977187
197864
197942
1980101
198163
198277
198399
1984262
1985241
1986261
19870
198880
yearcount.NSBT
1955389
19561287
19572098
19582378
19592208
19602467
19612931
19622880
19633147
19643544
19653906
19664018
19673839
19684813
19695233
19706336
19716601
19727183
19737667
19748751
19756180
197612032
197711035
197810403
19799045
198016134
198112441
198212791
198312106
198413077
198512612
198611440
198712055
19885604
1989661
199024
Building Ocean Profile-Plankton Databases for Climate System Research
Chart1
19701970
19711971
19721972
19731973
1490000400000
19751975
19761976
19771977
19781978
19791979
19801980
19811981
19821982
19831983
19841984
19851985
19861986
19871987
19881988
19891989
19901990
19911991
25351631992
19931993
19941994
44875191283407
19961996
19971997
52851131562995
19991999
20002000
20012001
71200002432985
20032003
20042004
77072132005
20062006
20072007
20082008
Temperature Profiles
Salinity Profiles
Year
# of Profiles (millions)
NODC 1974 1,490,000
NODC 19912,535,163
WOA94 4,487,519
WOD98 5,285,113
WOD017,037,213
WOD04~7,700,000
WOD017,037,213
400,00
1,283,407
1,562,995
2,432,985
Database growth
YearDatabaseTemperature ProfilesSalinity ProfilesFTEsContractors & Visiting ScientistsTotal Budget (K)BaseReimbursablesWOD/GODAR ReimbursablesFY01FY02FY03FY04
1970
1971Normal addition60,000140,000140,000140,000
1972GODAR80,00080,00080,000
1973Argo180,000277,000500,000
1974NODC 19741490000400000400,000497,000720,000
1975(360,000)1/2 for WOD04
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992NODC 19912535163
199312.48$1,007$360$647$647
199412.48$1,499$449$1,050$1,050
1995WOA9444875191,283,40711.49$1,720$620$1,100
199612.48$1,472$550$922
199711.49$1,450$550$900
1998WOD9852851131,562,99511.47$1,547$497$1,050$1,050
199911.44$1,920$520$1,400$840
200010.45$1,925$580$1,345$910
20019.47$2,366$586$1,780$805
2002WOD0171200002,432,9858.47$2,363$613$1,750$1,365
20038.47$1,788$613$1,175$815
2004
2005WOD047707213
2006
2007
2008
Database growth
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00
00
00
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00
00
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Contractors & Visiting Scientists
Pers&Budget
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Temperature Profiles
Salinity Profiles
Year
# of Profiles (millions)
WOD017,037,213
WOD04~7,700,000
WOD017,037,213
WOD98 5,285,113
WOA94 4,487,519
NODC 19912,535,163
NODC 1974 1,490,000
2,432,985
1,562,995
1,283,407
400,00
Sheet3
YearFTEsContractorsTotal BudgetBaseReimbursablesWOD/GODAR Reimbursables
199313.43$1,007$360$647$647
199412.43$1,499$449$1,050$1,050
199511.47$1,720$620$1,100
199610.47$1,472$550$922
199710.411$1,450$550$900
199810.46$1,547$497$1,050$1,050
199910.46$1,920$520$1,400$840
200010.44$1,925$580$1,345$910
20018.45$2,366$586$1,780$805
20029.47$2,363$613$1,750$1,365
20038.48$1,788$613$1,175$815
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Total Number of NODC Ocean Climate Laboratory FTEs
Historical and modern chlorophyll data recovered as part of the GODAR and WOD projects128,601 chlorophyll profiles, 44256 surface-only observations
WOD01 Plankton tows
International Ocean Atlas Series, Volume 2
Biological Atlas of the Arctic Seas 2000: Plankton of the Barents and Kara Seas
World Data Center-A for Oceanography
International Ocean Atlas SeriesPartnership with the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
Important for ecosystem response to climate change, ecosystem modeling.International Ocean Atlas and Information Series, Volume 6Zooplankton of the Arctic Seas 2002
International Ocean Atlas and Information Series36 year Time Series (1963-1998) of Zooplankton, Temperature, and Salinity in the White Sea
Supports:
Ecosystem Response to Climate Change 2) Understanding Climate Variability3) International Polar Year
Time series of ocean heat content (1022J)
Earths Heat Balance (1022 J), 1955-1998
Linear trend of yearly (1956-2000) ocean heat content (1018 J) 0-1500 m
Atlantic- Linear trend (1955-98) of basin zonally-averaged salinity (10-04 year-1)
Atlantic- % variance accounted for by the linear trend (1955-98) of basin zonally averaged salinity
SEAWIFS versus CZCS summer chlorophyll estimateFigure 2. Summer (Jul-Sep) blended chlorophyll (mg m-3) distributions for the SeaWiFS era (1997-2000), the CZCS era (1979-mid-1986), and their difference.
(Gregg and Conkright, 2002, GRL)
SEAWIFS versus CZCS annual primary production estimateFigure 3. Annual primary production (Pg C y-1). (Gregg et al., 2003, GRL)
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